A group of sixrteen from Grace Church arrived here yesterday. We’re staying at the Beacon of Hope, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana (EDOLA). We’re living in an air conditioned facility with showers (double yeah!).
The grup includes: Ken Gould and Mary Kesson, Rob and Sarah Rocchio, Damian and Derrin Almada, Gill Furey, Nathan Gomes, Jola Ilori, Melanie Monteiro, Lily O’Gara, Andrew, Chris, Jon, and Matt Shumate, and myself.
We spent yesterday getting settled, watched a video of the effects of Katrina on NOLA and the church next door (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and School), and getting to know Pam, our host (who, by the way, met Meg Kelly, her husband Jon, and their youth group here in April!).
Today we’ll be going to church at Grace on Canal, where we worked two years ago, then tour NOLA. We’ll attend the contemporary service here at St. Paul’s this evening.
Tomorrow we are due to arrive at our work site at 7:30 AM for what promises to be a busy and productive week.
FYI: our Bible study text this week is Matthew 5, the first part of Jesus’ sermon on the mount. Follow along if you wish.
Thanks to all of you for all your support.
Peace and love-
Bob
PS “Compline” comes from a word that means complete, as in completing the work of the day in the evening
